Synonyms of jettisoned

jettisoned 1 of 2

adjective

as in discarded

Related Words

• discarded
• junked
• ignored
• neglected
• refuse
• waste
• rejected
• unattended
• cast-off
• vacated
• castaway
• untended
• abandoned
• forgotten
• forsaken
• deserted
• shabby
• disused
• derelict
• void
• miserable
• vacant
• godforsaken
• desolate
• idle
• wretched
• empty

Dissimilar Words

• recovered
• saved
• reclaimed
• redeemed
• salvaged
• retrieved
• restored
• rescued
• reconditioned
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

jettisoned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of jettison

as in dumped

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

just jettison that plan, because we know it won't work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discarded
• dumped
• ditched
• unloaded
• lost
• abandoned
• scrapped
• rejected
• tossed
• junked
• removed
• chucked
• shed
• eliminated
• exorcised
• cast (off)
• cashiered
• laid by
• deep-sixed
• disposed of
• sloughed (off)
• threw away
• flung (off or away)
• shucked (off)
• set aside
• dismissed
• sluffed (off)
• eighty-sixed
• threw out
• abdicated
• pitched
• abolished
• forsook
• deserted
• eradicated
• kicked out
• expunged
• extinguished
• wiped out
• annihilated
• exterminated
• extirpated
• liquidated
• stamped (out)
• rooted (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopted
• used
• employed
• embraced
• utilized
• retained
• held
• took on
• kept
• held back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jettisoned

Verb

The Colts jettisoned Michael Pittman, vastly increasing the volume coming Pierce’s way. — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

It was jettisoned during a January 2025 mission that brought two lunar landers, Firefly’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s Hakuto-R, to the Moon. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026

Moves coming Two pitchers will have to be jettisoned from the major league roster in the coming days. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026

Right-hander Adrian Houser, jettisoned from the rotation following extended struggles, could get one of those spots. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

Napier was jettisoned last October, midway through his fourth season piloting the Gators, though the citizenry emerged with pitchforks well before then. — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Also being jettisoned to Creative Arts is Writing for a Variety Series. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 July 2026

But in 2020, during the worst of the pandemic, the one-size-fits-all model for theatrical distribution was jettisoned. — Brent Lang, Variety, 15 July 2026

Of the 1,982 plate appearances by outfielders last season, the Rays jettisoned about 75% of that workforce. — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026